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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump has a Press Conference (no victory speech) at 8:30 with a "surprise announcement"
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Donald Trump has a Press Conference (no victory speech) at 8:30 with a "surprise announcement" (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2016
OP
malaise
(268,846 posts)1. Running independent
This should be fun - ReTHUGs will not play fair
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. Caribou Barbie for VP?
EmperorHasNoClothes
(4,797 posts)3. My prediction: "it was a toupee all along!"
longship
(40,416 posts)4. Voldemort as running mate?
gcomeau
(5,764 posts)5. Maybe he's finally realizing he might actually win (the nomination) and panicking.
And he's about to drop out.
underpants
(182,730 posts)6. If he drops out now they really will be in a world of hurt
I don't think he's dropping out. It almost certainly just more self promotion.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)7. He takes off the mask and is really Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman)
lpbk2713
(42,751 posts)8. Wolfie is probably breathless.
Just waiting to leap on the story.
"This just in ... "
Mendocino
(7,484 posts)9. Will CNN set up
their countdown clock, 0h-42min-37sec for the yooge moment?
cry baby
(6,682 posts)10. He is a master manipulator of the media.
He will say a mouthful of mostly nothing.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)11. He's probably going with David Duke as a running mate
Him or Gary Busey.
Brother Buzz
(36,407 posts)12. Are any western polls still open at 8:30?
If they were, wouldn't it be bad form to hold a press conference while they were still open? (yeah, yeah, I know The Donald is the master of bad form)
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)13. What? Has he been out of the news for 5 minutes
and wants some attention? WTF
My prediction is this will not be anything at all YUGE, but just an excuse to see the networks salivate.